For they are a rebellious people,        lying children,                    children unwilling to hear        the instruction of the LORD;              10       who say to the seers, “Do not see,”        and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;                    speak to us smooth things,        prophesy illusions,              11       leave the way, turn aside from the path, …

12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.  13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their…

I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you…

            Lord, you have been our dwelling place        in all generations.              2       Before the mountains were brought forth,        or ever you had formed the earth and the world,        from everlasting to everlasting you are God.              3       You return man to dust        and say, “Return, O children of man!”              4       For a thousand…

Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,                    “The Deliverer will come from Zion,        he will banish ungodliness…

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4 For while…